"it's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart."

-- Laura Lippman

#Smart Quotes #Luck Quotes #Lucky Quotes

“Our code is different from the warrior code. It reaches across boundaries. To us, every cat is simply that â€” a cat, with the same right to life as any other. We made a promise to heal and protect, remember?”
“The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling,”
“Oh, she's my bodyguard. I mean, I'm a married man, and the last thing you need in that situation is to be considered a sexy individual. But I try to never let this whole McDreamy thing really influence us. I'm trying to just have a calm family life, to make my marriage work. It's not as if when my wife asks me to take out the trash, I say, 'Um, honey, don't you realize that I'm too sexy for that'? Well, actually, I do, but she gives me crap for it.”
“The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If itâ€™s a real dream, you cannot control it. When writing the book, you are awake; you can choose the time, the length, everything. I write for four or five hours in the morning and when the time comes, I stop. I can continue the next day. If itâ€™s a real dream, you canâ€™t do that.”
“The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.”

Source : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Brown, John Banks (1795). “British Theatre: Barbarossa”, p.72
“Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.”
“Continued focus on (employee) turnover is of critical importance, because of the direct relation of turnover to improvements in labor costs and guest satisfaction.”
“They hurt each other without wanting to, just because each represented to the others the cruel and demanding necessity of their lives.”

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